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The blooms returned in 2002. Many hoped the toxic sludge of algae that blanketed the western and central basins of Lake Erie was gone for good, yet the volume of smothering plant matter was growing steadily. Summers from 2008 to 2010 were bloom-heavy in the shallowest of the Great Lakes. […]
For the month of April, Alternatives Journal is offering all advertisers and partners a great incentive: buy two ads and get the third ad FREE! When you book an ad in our upcoming FOOD SECURITY and OUR NORTH issues, you get a FREE ad in our 2017 Environmental Education annual […]
Anna Pippus is a Vancouver-based animal rights lawyer. She serves as director of farmed animal advocacy for Animal Justice and as strategic advisor for We Animals. She is a mother of two. You can follow her plant-based cooking adventures on Instagram.
What do small-scale farmers and market gardeners do in the winter? This is a perennial question for growers in temperate climates where the growing season for sustainable, local agriculture is traditionally just half of the year.
By: Dr. Shelagh McCartney, Jeffrey Herskovits & Kathryn Trnavsky HOUSING ISSUES in Canada’s Indigenous communities have been well documented for decades without any positive changes. As populations grow rapidly, housing demand continues to increase and the existing shortfall becomes exacerbated. Housing need creates not only a lack of suitable shelter but […]
How can we make an understanding common? Passionate advocates continuously seek new answers to this question, as it is so pertinent to inciting change. Steve McDonald’s short film, The Rainmakers of Nganyi, proposes one solution to this concern. Alternatives Journal discussed these rainmakers in our spring 2010 issue, so it […]
MARKUS MOOS is a faculty member in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo. Markus is associate director, Graduate Studies, and professor in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo. His research is on changing housing markets, generational change, youthification, and the economy and social structure of […]
Every year Hillside ups the ante to make their green initiatives greener. We at A\J always want to help. THIS Hillside, RIGHT NOW, A\J will kick back $10 to Hillside Green Initiatives for EVERY print subscription (including gifts) purchased online Friday July 22nd to 11:59PM on Sunday July 24, 2016. PLUS+++ Hillside will receive 100% of the proceeds for ALL DIGITAL subscriptions sold […]
It is that time of year again….time for, in our opinion, the best music and cultural festival in southern Ontario: The Hillside Festival of Music and Community! And we couldn’t be more excited. Have you bought your tickets yet?
Even if you care nothing about climate change and human health, you should still support a phase-out of Alberta’s tar sand projects. That sentiment is what makes Jeff Rubin’s The Carbon Bubble an exhilarating read. Rubin claims that you should support this policy for one overriding reason: the sale of Canada’s […]
